Osama and Fruit Flies
Big News
A leaked French intelligence document raises the possibility Osama bin Laden died of typhoid. Nobody's sure, though, because bin Laden has looked dead for 20 years.
Time magazine also says Osama bin Laden gave up the ghost. Time says Osama's ghost was already past its expiration date.
- And even ghosts get tired of nothing but hump burgers and goat's milk.
Reportedly, bin Laden didn't want to live anymore after the arrest of his idol. Osama had dreamed some day he and Warren Jeffs could get together and swap wives.
September 25th Now & Then
TV journalist Barbara Walters celebrates her 75th birthday today. She considered interviewing herself, but she didn't want to make herself cry.
Ethan Allen was captured attacking Montreal on this date in 1775. Nobody knows why Ethan was attacking Montreal, since the war was in Massachusetts.
- He should have been back home in Vermont protecting his statues.
On this day in 1513 Vasco de Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean and claimed it for Spain. Unfortunately, Balboa didn't have enough barrels to move the Pacific to Spain, so he just had to leave it where it was.
- Besides, Spain already had enough water to get by.
Thomas Morgan was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on this date in 1866. Morgan won the Nobel Prize in 1933 for discovering the "crossing-over" phenomenon by which gene-linkage on a fruit fly chromosome is occasionally broken. Heck, I knew that.
- I mean, to occasionally break a fruit fly's chromosome gene-linkage, all you've got to do is whack him with a fruit fly swatter.
To Learn
Travel and Adventure - Go to Memphis for the music.
In Fashion - Guilty pleasures: shoe trends for fall.
Digital Television: You Got Questions? - This is the first year that we're buying more HDTVs than traditional analog sets. If you're considering buying a new TV, you probably have lots of questions. Here are some answers.
Shallow Thoughts
I love the fair, the corny dogs, the greazy French fries. All the way home you can hear your arteries hardening.
You know all those rides at the fair that go round and round in circles? Ever get the feeling they're operated by the government?
Ever notice how really weird people are? Like, most people never take a shower with their clothes on, yet they always keep 'em on in the rain.
A leaked French intelligence document raises the possibility Osama bin Laden died of typhoid. Nobody's sure, though, because bin Laden has looked dead for 20 years.
Time magazine also says Osama bin Laden gave up the ghost. Time says Osama's ghost was already past its expiration date.
- And even ghosts get tired of nothing but hump burgers and goat's milk.
Reportedly, bin Laden didn't want to live anymore after the arrest of his idol. Osama had dreamed some day he and Warren Jeffs could get together and swap wives.
September 25th Now & Then
TV journalist Barbara Walters celebrates her 75th birthday today. She considered interviewing herself, but she didn't want to make herself cry.
Ethan Allen was captured attacking Montreal on this date in 1775. Nobody knows why Ethan was attacking Montreal, since the war was in Massachusetts.
- He should have been back home in Vermont protecting his statues.
On this day in 1513 Vasco de Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean and claimed it for Spain. Unfortunately, Balboa didn't have enough barrels to move the Pacific to Spain, so he just had to leave it where it was.
- Besides, Spain already had enough water to get by.
Thomas Morgan was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on this date in 1866. Morgan won the Nobel Prize in 1933 for discovering the "crossing-over" phenomenon by which gene-linkage on a fruit fly chromosome is occasionally broken. Heck, I knew that.
- I mean, to occasionally break a fruit fly's chromosome gene-linkage, all you've got to do is whack him with a fruit fly swatter.
To Learn
Travel and Adventure - Go to Memphis for the music.
In Fashion - Guilty pleasures: shoe trends for fall.
Digital Television: You Got Questions? - This is the first year that we're buying more HDTVs than traditional analog sets. If you're considering buying a new TV, you probably have lots of questions. Here are some answers.
Shallow Thoughts
I love the fair, the corny dogs, the greazy French fries. All the way home you can hear your arteries hardening.
You know all those rides at the fair that go round and round in circles? Ever get the feeling they're operated by the government?
Ever notice how really weird people are? Like, most people never take a shower with their clothes on, yet they always keep 'em on in the rain.
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